PEABODY HOLDING CO. v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AM.

No. 14-2032.

815 F.3d 154 (2016)

PEABODY HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, Delaware Limited Liability Company; Black Beauty Coal Company, LLC, now known as Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC, Indiana Limited Liability Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John R. Woodrum , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Arthur Traynor, III , United Mine Workers of America, Triangle, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: W. Gregory Mott , Zachary S. Stinson , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Diana Migliaccio Bardes , John Robert Mooney , Mooney, Green, Saindon, Murphy & Welch, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge SHEDD and Judge AGEE joined.


In this case we must decide when and under what circumstances courts should review a labor arbitrator's decision. For the reasons given below, we hold that judicial involvement in the labor dispute in this case was premature. Under the complete arbitration rule, the arbitrator should have been given the opportunity to resolve...

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